Two Bomet residents have filed a lawsuit against county Woman Representative Linet Chepkorir alias Toto for alleged nepotism in hiring her immediate family members.
Mr Stanley Kiprotich Bii and Mr Collins Barno filed a suit in Nairobi at the Employment and Labour Relations Court, claiming that the MP failed to meet the requirements of accountability, fair competition, merit, and integrity requirements in the recruitment of her office staff.
The petitioners claim that when appointing the six people, Ms Chepkorir completely ignored the gender principle required in public appointments under the Constitution. Only three of the 15 people she employs in her office are women.
The six individuals include Bett Kipkirui (county manager, woman representative office), Josephat Kiplangat (field officer), Pius Kiplangat (communications officer), Emmanuel Kipkorir, Dominic Mutai (deputy manager), Sheila Chepng'eno (county coordinator),
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The petitioners argue that the woman representative's employing her family members in public office is an act of nepotism and also prejudicial to the rule of law in public office administration.
Unless and until a court order quashes the said appointments, it will set a negative example in the country. Government agencies and appointment scheduling will be unlawful and inconsistently on the grounds of partisan consideration rather than strict adherence to the legal requirements," the petitioners claim.
They claim that they waited until advertising the jobs before applying, but they were shocked to discover that the MP had personally selected relatives and relatives.
According to the plaintiffs, the fact that six relatives receive 75% of the total monthly wages assigned to the office salary raises suspicions of government fraud.
Some of the appointed support staff of Bomet County women Delegate have significant integrity issues and are unsuitable to serve as public officers. The petitioners claim they were not cleared by the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) before their appointment, as required by law.
